LONDINIUM I build commenced today
if you are wondering how your L1 is progressing, we commenced a build today i would expect to ship some, but not all, at the end of this week
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Only flush after the last shot in your coffee making session
This graph (click to see the full version) is a continuation of the graph in the previous blog entry, time is still shown in minutes Here all 6 shots are 16g doses and a pre-infusion of 10 seconds, ending with…
LONDINIUM I: find a lever espresso machine that’s more thermally stable than this.
1. Time in minutes, temperature in degrees centigrade, BT=ambient temperature on this graph 2. 5 flushes to warm the group (flush until the green light comes on for the inlet solenoid every time the element turns off) 3. Surface group…
Where can you find Frank Maxwell, the founder of Fracino, at 7pm on a beautiful friday evening in the summer?
Not in the pub Not on the golf course Not mowing his lawns But here, in the factory, working on his latest project
LONDINIUM II
have we got news for our detractors who think we got the design of the L1 wrong. all they’ve done is show us how little they know about thermosiphon driven lever groups. clue: the L2 has a cold water feed…
LONDINIUM lever machines, single spring, rated as 11 bar
As shown in the image above, 10.5 bar of pressure from this spring when the brew chamber is full of water the pressure exerted by the spring declines as the spring expands, i.e. as the extraction progresses so, if you…
Tomorrow, Friday 2 August, we collect the very first LONDINIUM II
We know we are bringing the LONDINIUM II to market months later than we had hoped but the manufacturer is having a record breaking year, which squeezes the amount of development resource left for third party projects like ours This…
just in, another customer from toronto writes –
Hi Reiss I have had my L1 for about a month and I am very happy. I notice the “thermal stability” debate continues to rage.I was curious so I fixed a thermometer to the group in the recommended position. My…
a customer writes from Toronto –
I received my LONDINIUM I by the end of May 2013, so it’s been in my possession 2 months now. Right at first power-up I had some concerns and sent an e-mail to Reiss. Within MINUTES all my concerns were…
Customer service.
Reiss, Thank you so much for everything. I have been meaning to write sooner, but haven’t had much of a chance. I wanted to say that it has been a true pleasure dealing with you and your company. My family…